Lists for Writers 2.3

Lists for Writers is a valuable tool for writers of all levels. This app provides an extensive collection of prompts and ideas to inspire your brainstorming sessions. It offers lists for names, character traits, plot lines, occupations, obsessions, action verbs, and much more. Whether you're working on a creative writing project, a short story, an essay assignment, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), or your next fiction book, this app is designed to help you achieve your writing goals.

What's New? This app now includes support for multitasking on the iPad! Additionally, it introduces shuffle and search features, allowing you to search any list or randomly shuffle lists and search results. You can also utilize the dictionary support within the app to look up words without leaving your writing session.

The Notepad feature is a convenient tool that allows you to collect fascinating list items for your writing. You can edit these items and either email them or print them directly from the app. This feature streamlines your note-taking process and keeps everything organized in one place.

Lists for Writers has garnered recognition in notable publications such as Slate magazine and The New York Times. Users have praised it as "perfect to browse for inspiration" in Cult of Mac.

The app includes a wide array of lists to cater to different writing needs. For character development, there are lists for naming characters (including first names and last names), identifying people/roles, and creating nonhuman characters. You can explore physical characteristics such as body types, facial traits, general physical attributes, skin complexion, hair details, and clothing preferences. The app also provides lists of occupations categorized as modern or archaic, as well as milestones like anniversaries, birthstones, birth flowers, and zodiac signs.

When it comes to personality traits and behaviors, the app offers lists for general characteristics, phobias, philias, obsessions, wisdom, belief systems, emotions, character traits, bad habits, hobbies, and even superpowers. For plot development, there are lists outlining the seven basic plots, thirty-six dramatic situations, conflicts, and general issues.

The setting lists cover geographical locations such as cities (both in the U.S. and worldwide) and various landforms. There are also lists of countries organized by continent. Other setting-related lists include forms of government, encounter locations, archaic and futuristic locations, modern locations, and weather conditions.

Genre-specific lists include fantasy, myths, and magic; divination and fortune-telling; ecclesiastical topics; holidays; New Age concepts; nautical terms; college teams; sciences and studies; scientific instruments; military terms and acronyms. The app even covers miscellaneous subjects like animals (both domesticated and general), animal sounds, colors, foods, vehicles, feeding and eating habits, textiles, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, forms and shapes, units of measurement, carriages and chariots, fighting and combat techniques, dance styles, bearing styles, causation concepts.

The app also includes grammar-related word lists such as action verbs, dialog verbs, nouns, prepositions, adjectives, adverbs, transitional words and phrases. You can also find common misspellings as well as word terms. To add some fun to your writing journey, Lists for Writers has lists for rhyming words, gadzookery (funny or exaggerated words or phrases), nonsense words or phrases, triples (three-word phrases), and Aussie slang.

Lastly, it's important to note that Lists for Writers respects your privacy. The app does not collect or share any personal data. It does not contain ads or in-app purchases. The information page within the app does provide links to the Thinkamingo website, Facebook page, and Twitter profile.